§ Lord Dubsasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many applications for legal aid for judicial review in connection with asylum cases were made in each quarter of the past two years; and how many were granted. [HL1915]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (Lord Filkin)The Legal Services Commission does not record information on applications for funding certificates in154WA such a way as to be able to define which applications are specifically for judicial review. Neither does it differentiate asylum from wider immigration cases. However, the total number of applications made for immigration and asylum cases in each quarter of the last two years was as follows:
Number of immigration and asylum applications 2002–03 1st Quarter 852 2nd Quarter 886 3rd Quarter 881 4th Quarter 907
2003–04 1st Quarter 837 2nd Quarter 882 3rd Quarter 821 4th Quarter1 329 1 Data up to February 2004. The number of certificates subsequently issued in immigration and asylum and those for judicial review over the past two years was as follows:
Asylum and immigration certificates issued Asylum and immigration certificates issued for judicial review 2002–03 1st Quarter 722 682 2nd Quarter 736 670 3rd Quarter 650 568 4th Quarter 812 744
2003–04 1st Quarter 521 453 2nd Quarter 636 570 3rd Quarter 591 419 4th Quarter1 251 129 1 Data up to February 2004.